]]>http://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/blindspot-episode-3-17-mums-the-word-informationspot/feed/0Karnataka Lingayat to get separate religion status; how Congress will gain – informationspothttp://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/karnataka-lingayat-to-get-separate-religion-status-how-congress-will-gain-informationspot/
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The Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government on Monday accepted the suggestions of Nagamohan Das committee to form a separate religion status of the Lingayats community. The decision came just a few months before the state assembly elections. The suggestion which has been accepted under section 2D of the state Minorities Commission Act will now …

The Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government on Monday accepted the suggestions of Nagamohan Das committee to form a separate religion status of the Lingayats community. The decision came just a few months before the state assembly elections. The suggestion which has been accepted under section 2D of the state Minorities Commission Act will now be sent to the Centre for the final approval. With his eye on 2018, Siddaramaiah is desperate to enter the good books of the Lingayats. A seven-member Nagamohan Das committee headed by retired high court Judge H N Nagamohan Das submitted its report on March 2, 2018, stating that “Lingayats in Karnataka may be considered as a religious minority.” The Lingayats also known as the Veerashaiva community owes loyalty to the social reform movement of the 12th century initiated by Basaveshwara has a considerable population in the northern part of the Karnataka. The demand for a separate religion tag to Veerashaiva/ Lingayat faiths has surfaced from the numerically strong and politically-influential community, amidst resentment from within over projecting the two communities as the same.Here’s what you must know1. Clashes break out between Lingayat and Veerashaiva followers Clashes broke out between Lingayat followers and Veerashaiva followers in Kalaburagi. Lingayat followers had come to celebrate state cabinet’s approval for recommendation of separate religion for Lingayat community, Veerashaiva followers had come to protest against the same.

Karnataka: Clashes broke out b/w #Lingayat followers & Veerashaiva followers in Kalaburagi. Lingayat followers had come to celebrate state cabinet’s approval for recommendation of separate religion for Lingayat community, Veerashaiva followers had come to protest against the same pic.twitter.com/Ds5rneqQxU

2. A group of Lingayat seers on Monday met Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and urged him to implement the report of an official committee that recommended conferring a separate religious and minority status to their community. The seers, led by Gadag-based Tontadarya Mutt’s Siddalinga Swami, called on Siddaramaiah at his official residence here and wanted him to consider and implement the Nagmohan Das Committee’s report which has said “Lingayats in Karnataka may be considered as religious minority.”

Members of #Lingayat community celebrating in Kalaburagi after Karnataka Govt accepted suggestions of Nagamohan Das committee which asked for separate religion for the community pic.twitter.com/KpnFji0Bjh

ALSO READ: Cong govt in Karna to recommend religious minority tag to Lingayat/ Veerashaivas3. Lingayat’s 900-year-old fight “Our fight is not new, it has been a 900-year-old fight and it has taken a shape now. The Chief Minister should implement the report and accord separate status to Lingayat community, the Tontadarya math swamiji told reporters.4. Yedyurappa claims the Lingayats and Veerashaivas are one Senior BJP leader BS Yedyurappa, former chief minister of Karnataka and a Lingayat who came to power on the back of this vote bank in 2008, is opposed to the separation between these two communities. Having publicly participated in Vedic rituals and being an upholder of his party’s aggressive Hindutva line, Yedyurappa claims the Lingayats and Veerashaivas are one and the same community, both of which belong to Hinduism. 5.

One section led by Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva Mahasabha has demanded separate religion status, asserting that Veerashaiva and Lingayats are the same,the other wants it only for Lingayats as it believes that Veerashaivasare one among the seven sects of Shaivas, which is part ofHinduism.

6. The BJP and several sections of the Hindu community have maintained a cautious stance, keeping away from the move to give Veerashaiva/Lingayat separate religion status. They have accused the Siddaramaiah government of dividing society to draw political mileage ahead of the assembly elections. Lingayat strongman and state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa has been saying that his party would not allow efforts to “divide” the community.7. Karnataka govt expedited the deliberations over minority religion status to Lingayats in July 2017 The Karnataka State Minorities Commission (KSMC), to which the State government had referred the Lingayat issue a week ago, has formed a seven-member committee, led by retired high court judge H. N. Nagamohan Das, to look into the issue and submit a report. 8. On 18 July, more than 50,000 Lingayats gathered at a rally in Bidar, asking to be recognised as followers of a religion distinct from Hinduism. While there are conflicting theological justifications for this demand, should it come to pass, it would throw the political equations in the state into serious disarray.9. Who are the Lingayats? The Lingayats are the worshippers of Lord Shiva who have distanced themselves from traditional Hinduism, especially from the Vedic version of it and the caste system. Ironically, in spite of its origin among the followers of 12th-century social reformer Basavanna, the Lingayat community is now recognised as a caste.10. Karnataka election significance Living mostly in North Karnataka, the Lingayats are believed to constitute 17% of the population.Mohandas Pai call Congress communal IT veteran and tech investor T V Mohandas Pai condemned Congress government’s decision. He said, “A very communal decision by the ‘Secular’ Congress govt. Big Shame, is this what Congress politics is all about? Breaking up the Hindu community because they are peaceful and quiet? This will consolidate Hindu votes against Congress.”

]]>http://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/karnataka-lingayat-to-get-separate-religion-status-how-congress-will-gain-informationspot/feed/0Top 10 Health Tips – informationspothttp://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/top-10-health-tips-informationspot/
http://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/top-10-health-tips-informationspot/#respondMon, 19 Mar 2018 14:14:32 +0000http://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/top-10-health-tips-informationspot/We are continuously bombarded with tips and suggestions on how to live a healthier life. Many of us then end up doing nothing due to feeling overwhelmed to make a change! Below are 10 simple and some not quite traditional tips to start improving your health tip, but it really is the foundation on which …

We are continuously bombarded with tips and suggestions on how to live a healthier life. Many of us then end up doing nothing due to feeling overwhelmed to make a change! Below are 10 simple and some not quite traditional tips to start improving your fitness/”>health and well being.

1. Preparation: Preparation might not seem like a traditional fitness/”>health tip, but it really is the foundation on which to build good habits, which then determine your results. Grab a notebook and start "anticipating your future" by creating a plan of action which involves all areas of your life. Think about which parts of your life are not working and jot down practical strategies to move you closer to your goals.

For example, exercise three times per week, eat 5+ fruit and vegetables each day (write out what foods and when) and Manage my stress levels by reading for one hour each day.

This tip is all about making sure you know exactly what you need to do to achieve what you goals.

2. Accountability Whenever we start a new habit or routine, it can take a push to get started. I dislike using the words willpower and motivation because they are such fickle emotions that can fluctuate on a day to day basis. We do not need willpower to brush our teeth each morning, nor should we for doing healthy habits!

It's important to clarify your goals first with a plan of action and then get into it. I recommended seeking a professional to aid you formulate a plan of action and keep you accounting. This really helps, especially until habit takes over.

3. Avoid "Diets" Who has not heard of the cage soup diet or themselves tried some wacky diet that eliminated 90% of your usual foods! Dieting or going on some food plan that deviates dramatically from your usual eating habits will just set you up for failure. Yes, in the short term you may lose a few kilos. But I guarantee in a few weeks after stopping your "diet" you gain back all, if not more weight than before. The fact is "diets" are not pleasant or convenient, therefore they are not sustainable. We really do know what "good" foods are but due to lack of time and knowledge on how to prepare some foods, we take shortcuts. Aim to start introducing more "good" foods into your diet.

4. Eat right In conjunction with tip 3, it is important to fuel your body with the right nutrients. Aim to have a big hearty breakfast of protein, a small serve of carbohydrates and some fat. Example; 2 eggs, wholegrain toast and 2 small scoops of avocado. This type of breakfast will sustain you through the morning. Eat every 3-4 hours or as suits your body. Some people prefer high protein diets as this helps make them feel more energetic and some desire lighter meals. Talk to a professional for extra aid.

5. Cardio Exercise No healthy plan of action is without exercise! Exercise is so important to living a life full of energy, aging better and being healthier. It can affect all areas of your life, including your stress levels, sleep patterns and digestion. Experiment with various forms of exercise to see what suits you. Aim to do some form of cardio each day, resistance training and flexibility exercises a few times per week (stretches or yoga) so you can create a healthy body.

6. Sleep As most of us lead extremely busy lives, it is often sleep that gets sacrificed so we can cram more in to our day. Reduced quantity and quality of sleep can lead to a suppressed immune system and make you more prone to grogginess, illness and increased stress. Most adults need between 6-8 hours of quality sleep per night. You judge which amount leaves you feeling alert and vibrant the next morning. Make sleep a priority by allowing yourself time to unwind at the end of each night in a way that suits you.

7. Digestion Digestion is really the cornerstone of good fitness/”>health. If you do not have good digestion, then your body can not absorb the nutrients from your food. A healthy bowel can prevent illnesses and contribute to feeling and looking healthy. If you are experiencing constipation, you may get headaches and even muscle and joint pain. Your digestive system communicates with other parts of your body and affects significantly on your overall fitness/”>health. If you feel you are clogged up, start increasing fiber in your diet gradually. Consume 1.5-2 Liters of water a day to aid move things along and start looking at areas of your life that are contributing to an unhappy bowel. Stress, eating when distracted, certain foods and lack of exercise can all be culprits.

8. Stress Stress in general can be healthy for us as it pushes us to keep moving forward and achieving our goals in life. Continual stress on the other hand can cause anxiety, headaches, insomnia and fatigue when left to run rampant. Stress can surface in a multiple of ways; snapping at your partner, waking at 3am every night, feeling tired after 8 hours sleep, feeling down or just plain "blah".

I'm not going to suggest soaking in a bubble bath or nipping off for a massage to stop your stress as these are not long term fixes. The solution lies with examining your lifestyle and assessing what areas of your life are feeling out of control. Our happiness in life is in direct proportion to the amount of control we feel we have over our lives. If you are stressing about feeling overweight, then do something about it! If a relationship is leaving you drained and unhappy, then you need to make a drastic decision for your long-term fitness/”>health. Stress management is a continuous process of managing your lifestyle so you feel a sense of control.

9. Relationships More and more studies are showing that for us humans to be healthy and happy, we need to build strong support networks and relationships. Having friends is good for our fitness/”>health! Make time each day to connect to your partner, kids and / or friends. As woman we actually release endorphins (happy hormones) from having a good gossip.

10. Action & perseverance Being armed with great tips and techniques are all well and good, but unless you actually do what you learn and do it consistently, then you are no different that if you did not know this stuff in the first place!

Pick out a few tips to incorporated into your life slowly. The more consistent you are, the better your results long-term.

]]>http://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/top-10-health-tips-informationspot/feed/0NCAA tournament reseeding Sweet 16http://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/ncaa-tournament-reseeding-sweet-16/
http://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/ncaa-tournament-reseeding-sweet-16/#respondMon, 19 Mar 2018 14:08:07 +0000http://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/ncaa-tournament-reseeding-sweet-16/The NCAA tournament selection deserves praise this season. The tournament has tipped off. Your picks are locked in. It’s time to find out how your bracket is holding up. Check your brackets No team in the field drew an egregious seed or draw. John Calipari complained about his path to the Final Four, but an …

The tournament has tipped off. Your picks are locked in. It’s time to find out how your bracket is holding up. Check your brackets

No team in the field drew an egregious seed or draw.

John Calipari complained about his path to the Final Four, but an opening slate of Davidson and Buffalo on Kentucky’s way to the Sweet 16 wasn’t exactly a murderers’ row.

Prior to Selection Sunday, Virginia had lost just twice and earned the No. 1 overall seed. A UMBC squad that lost to Albany by 44 points in America East league play deserved one of the four worst seeds in the NCAA tournament. An uncanny upset did not change that.

Arizona (4), Wichita State (4) and Miami (6) all underperformed, per their seeds, but their losses did not confirm any errors in the collective placement of Buffalo (13), Marshall (13) and Loyola-Chicago (11), three teams that advanced via upsets.

But we like to reexamine the field once the Sweet 16 is set. So let’s try this again.

Villanova didn’t leave any doubt in its first two NCAA tournament games. Mitchell Leff/Getty Images

Virginia’s historic loss to UMBC in the opening round did not define the early work of the top seeds, most of which dismissed their first- and second-round opponents via lopsided victories. No team displayed more preeminent ease than Villanova, which blitzed Radford in a 26-point win and ruined Alabama in a 23-point victory.

Against Radford, Villanova generated a whopping 1.40 points per possession whenever Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges were on the floor together. Against Alabama, the Wildcats forced five Collin Sexton turnovers and held the Crimson Tide to 0.88 points per possession.

The nation’s most efficient offense is holding opponents to humbling offensive production, and that should scare every team in the field. Villanova currently resembles the 2016 squad that won the national title. Jay Wright’s 2018 group, however, possesses more overall talent.

The common line about Duke entering the NCAA tournament sounded like this: “If Duke plays to its potential, the Blue Devils will probably win it all.” In its first two games, Duke only encouraged those who picked it to win the national champion.

In the first round against Iona, Trevon Duval and Grayson Allen recorded a 6-for-8 clip on contested 3-pointers in a 22-point victory. The Blue Devils also made 58.3 percent of their contested 3-pointers in a 25-point win over a Rhode Island squad sporting a top-50 defensive efficiency mark, per ESPN Stats & Information.

They did all of this while holding both opponents to less than a point per possession. A Duke team with this level of talent, this 3-point shooting and this stingy defense could dance all the way to the Final Four in San Antonio at this pace.

The Tigers reached the Sweet 16 for the first time in more than 20 years after Sunday’s 84-53 win over an Auburn team that had claimed a share of the SEC championship. Gabe DeVoe led four double-digit scorers with 22 points. This is an elite defensive squad that recorded a 46-for-80 combined mark inside the arc in wins over New Mexico State and Auburn, a pair of good teams.

Clemson skated by NMSU and embarrassed Auburn. This is a balanced group that has helped Brad Brownell continue his “How you like me now?” tour after he started the season with an uncertain future.

If we’ve learned anything from Virginia’s quick exit from the NCAA tournament and Syracuse’s unlikely rise, it’s that single-elimination tournament situations can create unthinkable results. West Virginia has been, and will always be, a difficult team to prep for, especially when opponents have not faced the pressure Bob Huggins’ teams apply.

Against Marshall on Sunday, West Virginia forced 18 turnovers, more than the Thundering Herd had committed in their two previous games combined, per ESPN Stats & Info research. Murray State committed turnovers once every four trips up the floor against the Mountaineers in the first round.

They’ve been aggressive, and Jevon Carter is averaging 24.5 PPG in the NCAA tournament. West Virginia is in a good place.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander never earned the acclaim Collin Sexton and Trae Young enjoyed this season as freshman point guard prospects destined for the next level. But his performance in the NCAA tournament will only elevate the stock of the 6-foot-6 point guard who is the key to Kentucky’s immediate future. He averaged 23.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 6.5 assists in a pair of wins over Davidson and Buffalo. Kentucky outscored both teams 80-50 in the paint.

Gilgeous-Alexander is elevating his play at the right time, as is Kevin Knox, who is contributing to the Wildcats’ dominance in the paint. With higher seeds Virginia and Tennessee already eliminated in the region, Kentucky could reach the Final Four. But it did not have a flawless weekend. Davidson and Buffalo, a pair of double-digit seeds, made 50 percent of their shots inside the arc against the Wildcats.

Folks like to say “defense wins championships,” but that notion was challenged in the opening weekend of this year’s NCAA tournament. Five of the NCAA tournament teams ranked within KenPom.com’s top-12 slots in adjusted defensive efficiency lost.

Nevada, a powerhouse offensive squad that has led the nation in turnover rate and made nearly 40 percent of its 3-pointers this season, beat two of them (Texas and Cincinnati) to advance to the Sweet 16. Cincinnati, No. 2 all season in defensive efficiency behind Virginia, had amassed a 22-point lead over Nevada with 10:50 to play in the game, but Eric Musselman’s squad launched a 32-8 run to complete the most thrilling comeback of the NCAA tournament thus far.

The Wolf Pack also committed just two turnovers against Cincinnati, the lowest tally for an NCAA tournament squad in the past 20 years.

Last month, Billy Kennedy kicked JJ Caldwell, a former top-100 prospect, off his team. It was just the latest move confirming the folly within a program that in 2017-18 had endured suspensions and discipline issues along with a series of injuries.

Even Kennedy admits his team, which was 6-9 in the SEC before ending the regular season with three straight wins, was a mess. Few trusted the Aggies entering the NCAA tournament. Since then, they’ve outplayed Providence, a squad that roared into the Big East tournament title game, and defeated North Carolina, the defending national champion, by 21 points with four players collecting double figures.

If this is real — this slick, relentless, disciplined approach to the postseason — then Texas A&M could flirt with a trip to San Antonio, just three hours from its campus in College Station, Texas.

Texas Tech finished 2-5 in its past seven games before the NCAA tournament. During the four-game losing streak that started the slide, Keenan Evans wrestled with a nagging turf toe injury that altered his game. He might not be at 100 percent yet, but he’s playing like a first-team All-American.

Evans averaged 22.5 points (4-for-6 from the 3-point line) in wins over Stephen F. Austin and Florida that sent the Red Raiders to the Sweet 16. Texas Tech also maintained its defensive prowess that was akin to Virginia’s, until the Cavaliers ran into UMBC. The Red Raiders forced nine turnovers in the second half of its win over Stephen F. Austin, and they contested 20 of Florida’s 22 3-pointers on Saturday, per ESPN Stats & Information research.

An effective Evans coupled with this crippling defense makes Texas Tech a threat to any remaining opponent.

Isaac Haas couldn’t play against Butler on Sunday because of a fractured elbow. But his absence did not stop the Boilermakers from beating a tough Butler team that had multiple looks down the stretch of a tight game.

Vincent Edwards anchored the team in wins over Cal State Fullerton and Butler. The Boilermakers still boast the talent to keep pace offensively with most teams in the field. It’s the defense that is a magnified concern with Haas potentially sidelined the rest of the way.

With the 7-foot-2 Haas in the paint, Purdue had one of the nation’s top-20 defenses inside the arc. With Haas on the bench, however, Butler made 60 percent of its 2-pointers. Matt Haarms, a 7-3 center, has the size and shot-blocking power to challenge shots around the rim. But Purdue is not the same squad without Haas.

Bill Self might be approaching his most impressive postseason feat. The Jayhawks are playing a four-guard lineup that works best when Udoka Azubuike is healthy and avoiding foul trouble. That wasn’t the case Saturday against Seton Hall, as he was hindered by a sprained MCL and drew his fourth foul with 8:53 to play), but Kansas still beat Angel Delgado and Seton Hall with a strong finish.

On a day when Devonte’ Graham finished 1-for-7 from the field, Azubuike played only 22 minutes and still had 10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals. Azubuike changed the game in limited time. And Kansas continues to find a way in challenging circumstances.

The selection committee had no right to put Syracuse in the NCAA tournament field. The Orange had no meaningful nonconference wins. Their 8-10 ACC record included a pair of wins over Pitt and losses to Wake Forest and Boston College. This was the last at-large admitted to the field.

On Saturday, the Orange knocked off trendy national title pick Michigan State with Frank Howard on the bench for the final six-plus minutes after fouling out and walk-on and former Division III guard Braedon Bayer on the floor late.

Through three NCAA tournament games, the Orange have faced three opponents ranked within the top-20 of adjusted offensive efficiency on KenPom.com. None recorded more than 0.93 points per possession. We’ve moved beyond the “lucky” theories with Boeheim’s squad. He’s making the selection committee look smart right now.

Gonzaga lost a lottery pick in Zach Collins and a veteran center in Przemek Karnowski from a squad that lost to North Carolina in the national title game last year. This current group, however, is more versatile and possesses more depth.

Late in Saturday’s win over Ohio State, Johnathan Williams (19 points, 13 rebounds against UNC Greensboro) wasn’t on the floor because of his problems at the free throw line. But Rui Hachimura dropped 25 points off the bench.

A pair of significant wins is proof of Gonzaga’s staying power not just in this tournament, but as long as coach Mark Few is on the sideline. Still, the Bulldogs needed a pair of late runs to escape UNC Greensboro and Ohio State. Killian Tillie‘s 3-for-12 combined performance in those games didn’t aid.

Add this to the list of unexpected feats in the NCAA tournament. Florida State entered the NCAA tournament with a 4-6 record in its past 10 games. And it was down late against 1-seed Xavier before it pulled off the upset with an 18-4 run in the final 5:30 of the game. Huh??!!!

Florida State had the size, length and athleticism to hold All-American candidate Trevon Bluiett to a 2-for-8 clip from the field and bust brackets. Of the brackets on ESPN’s Tournament Challenge, 21.6 percent of the participants had picked Xavier to reach the Final Four. Great win for Florida State and even more significant for Leonard Hamilton.

Yes, this remains a Cinderella story. This 11-seed won at Florida in December, a remarkable victory for the Ramblers. But 10 days later, they lost at Milwaukee — ranked No. 201 on KenPom.com — before they dominated the Missouri Valley Conference, a league without perennial champ Wichita State for the first time since 1949.

The Ramblers’ two NCAA tournament wins came courtesy of two late, winning shots. First, it was Donte Ingram‘s buzzer-beating 3-pointer against Miami in the first round, followed by Clayton Custer‘s luck-of-the-Irish bounce in the final seconds against Tennessee on St. Patrick’s Day in the second round.

Those wild finishes should not diminish their overall achievements. This is a squad that connected on a solid 39 percent of its 3-pointers in its first two games, and played the respectable defense it has manufactured all season in wins over a Miami team with a potential lottery pick (Lonnie Walker IV) and a Tennessee squad that shared the SEC crown with Auburn.

Jordan Poole saved Michigan’s season with a buzzer-beater that shocked a Houston team that had played the better game for 39 minutes, 56.4 seconds Saturday. The Wolverines now advance to the Sweet 16 after defeating Houston in a thriller and Montana via a double-digit victory — the Grizzlies scored 47 points — in the opening round.

Moritz Wagner recovered from a 2-for-6 shooting effort (5 points) against Montana to register 12 points (5-for-9 shooting), 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block in the win over Houston. Yet, the Wolverines squeezed by a dangerous 6-seed on a buzzer-beater, and its best player struggled against a Big Sky champion. It’s not close to the dominant efforts from higher seeds on this list, but it’s also short of Michigan’s potential.

Kansas State did what Virginia couldn’t do in its 50-43 win over UMBC on Sunday, the ugliest game of the weekend. The Wildcats finished 1-for-12 from the 3-point line and committed 18 turnovers. Yes, they won without Dean Wade, but UMBC failed to score in a significant, 10-minute stretch in the second half and Kansas State could not capitalize.

But the Wildcats dominated Creighton in the opening round, also without Wade, who is dealing with a foot injury. If Kansas State duplicates Sunday’s effort, however, when it faces Kentucky in the Sweet 16, Bruce Weber’s team will lose by 20-plus.

]]>http://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/ncaa-tournament-reseeding-sweet-16/feed/0Renee Zellweger Croons As Judy Garland in First Biopic Photo – informationspothttp://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/renee-zellweger-croons-as-judy-garland-in-first-biopic-photo-informationspot/
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When you think of casting for a Judy Garland biopic, Renee Zellweger is, admittedly, not the first name to come to mind. Maybe that’s because Zellweger is a permanent blonde in my mind; but this is the movies, where a quick change of hair color, makeup, and costume design can transform.

The first photo of Zellweger in Pathe and BBC Films’ upcoming Judy has been released, and it’s a pretty impressive likeness. Zelleweger’s Garland is a dark brunette donning pink lipstick as she crooners into a microphone. Zellweger’s strapless, flower-patterned dress is also a nice homage to Garland’s similar dress during a performance on The Judy Garland Show in the 1960s.Check it out for yourself:

Judy, from British stage director Rupert Goold and The Crown and Lovesick writer Tom Edge, follows the Hollywood legend in the later days of her career shortly before her death in 1969. Set in the winter of ‘68 during her final performances at London’s Talk of the Town nightclub, the biopic will feature Zellweger singing Garland’s most famous songs. According to Deadline, it will also detail the behind-the-scenes drama with Garland’s management and her longing to spend time with her children. It’s been a minute since Zellweger crooned in Chicago, so if anything, I’m intrigued to hear her rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

]]>http://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/renee-zellweger-croons-as-judy-garland-in-first-biopic-photo-informationspot/feed/0Chicago Fire Season 6 Episode 15: Is Someone About to Die? – informationspothttp://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/chicago-fire-season-6-episode-15-is-someone-about-to-die-informationspot/
http://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/chicago-fire-season-6-episode-15-is-someone-about-to-die-informationspot/#respondMon, 19 Mar 2018 13:22:10 +0000http://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/chicago-fire-season-6-episode-15-is-someone-about-to-die-informationspot/Brace yourselves, next week’s Chicago Fire will be a doozy. The two-hour event will be comprised of back-to-back episodes and see familiar faces drop by including Chicago P.D‘s Antonio (Jon Seda) and Burgess (Marina Squerciati) along with Will (Nick Gehlfuss), April (Yaya DaCosta) and Ethan (Brian Tee) from Chicago Med. The brave firefighters of the …

The two-hour event will be comprised of back-to-back episodes and see familiar faces drop by including Chicago P.D‘s Antonio (Jon Seda) and Burgess (Marina Squerciati) along with Will (Nick Gehlfuss), April (Yaya DaCosta) and Ethan (Brian Tee) from Chicago Med. The brave firefighters of the firehouse will need the extra aid after they find themselves on a dangerous call that takes a turn for the worse.

The crew heads to the scene of a house fire where, unbeknownst to them, there’s an active shooter inside — adding an additional element of danger to their already risky jobs. And while our brave firefighters have managed to escape many a life-threatening situation before, it looks like they won’t be so lucky this time around. Someone’s getting shot and, according to showrunner Derek Haas, the show isn’t afraid to see where the story might take them, even if it means potentially losing a firefighter.

“I think one of the things that has set our show apart over five seasons is that we’re not afraid to have some of our shocking events actually pan out,” Derek Haas tells TV Guide. “This two-hour event’s gonna be a big turning point probably in our show.”

There are two very big reasons to speculate that someone’s about to die on Fire. First of all, it’s been a while since a major character has died. Though we’ve seen firefighters come and go at Firehouse 51, we haven’t had a major firehouse death since Season 2 when EMT Leslie Shay (Lauren German) was killed by an arsonist with a vendetta and candidate Rebecca Jones (Daisy Betts) took her own life. And while Fire did tempt fate at the end of Season 5 with that gnarly warehouse fire that almost claimed the lives of Casey (Jesse Spencer) and Mouch (Christian Stolte), everyone from Rescue Squad 3 and Truck 81 made it out alive. With the two-hour event expected to be a game-changer, it sounds like someone’s luck is about to run out.

Secondly, a new firefighter named Jake Cordova (Damon Dayoub) is headed to Fire on March 29, the week after the two-hour event, to claim an open spot on the team which doesn’t bode well for one of our heroes. His arrival won’t be a particularly positive one for the crew as they’ll still be reeling from the events of the previous episode.“Because of the circumstances that surround his arrival, he’s not going to be well-received,” Haas explained. “And he’s got a little bit of an attitude himself.”

How he’ll eventually fit in with the crew remains to be seen but judging from what we know about him so far, Cordova could be trouble for our heroes.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday tendered an apology to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari following which the two submitted a joint application in Delhi court seeking withdrawal of a defamation case filed by the former. What more, Kejriwal apologised to Congress leader Kapil Sibal also. Kejriwal had alleged in the past that Kapil Sibal had a conflict in seeking to revise a tax demand on telecom major Vodafone. Last week, the AAP chief had sought forgiveness from Shiromani Akali Dal MLA and general secretary Bikram Singh Majithia for making allegations about his involvement in the drug trade and calling him Punjab’s drug lord. Kejriwal’s apology letter to Majithia for accusing him of being involved in drugs trade had taken everyone by surprise and had also earned the wrath of the ruling Congress and SAD-BJP leaders. Compounding his trouble, the party’s Punjab president Bhagwant Mann and its co-president Aman Arora had recently resigned from their posts in protest against Kejriwal’s apology. Of the 20 AAP MLAs from Punjab, 10 lawmakers along with state unit leaders met Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at his residence here today where Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was also present. The chief minister is said to have given an explanation behind his apology to Majithia. Majithia had slapped a defamation case against Kejriwal and other AAP leaders for accusing the former of drug trade during the 2017 Punjab Assembly polls campaign. Sources say the Delhi chief minister intends to get rid of all 33 defamation cases against him through similar out of court settlements and individual “understandings”. The cases have been a drain on the party’s money and resources, say AAP leaders.ALSO READ: Kejriwal apologises to Kapil SibalHere are top 10 developments1. Manish Sisodia: Will say sorry to all those we hurt We will apologise to people who we have hurt. We’re here to serve the people, we do not have the time to go to courts for such issues. We’re here to build schools & hospitals for the welfare of people: Manish Sisodia, AAP on his and Kejriwal’s apology to Nitin Gadkari and Kapil Sibal.2. Kejriwal, Nitin Gadkari withdraw defamation case Arvind Kejriwal and Nitin Gadkari submit a joint application in Delhi court seeking withdrawal of a defamation case filed by the latter. The application comes after Kejriwal submits a letter regretting making defamatory remarks against Gadkari.3. I have nothing personal against you: Kejriwal to Nitin GadkariArvind Kejriwal tendered an apology to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, according to ANI.

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The number of individuals in America that are overweight is staggering. According to the American Heart Association 76.9 million men and 68.1 million women are defined as obese. That means that their BMI is 30% or higher.

In addition, 72% of men and 57% of women are classified as overweight (BMI 25% or higher) I guess it would be safe to say that Americans need to lose weight.

In this article you will discover an easy training program that takes only minutes a day and will aid you to lose weight. It's called isometric exercising and if you're one of the millions of individuals that do not have time to workout because you're too busy taking care of your family, taking the kids school, dance classes, karate etc.

Then you have officially joined the more than 70% of people that do not have time to go to a gym. So what are you to do?

Isometric Weight Loss is a workout program that consist of a series of exercises that can be done anywhere. Sitting on your couch, watching TV, at your office … just about anywhere. Each isometric exercise only requires 7 to 10 seconds to perform. You can utilize isometric exercises to target your abs.

Yes I know it's hard to believe that something that takes such little time can be effective. However, isometric exercise is one of the few scientifically validated exercise protocols.

If you will utilize some of the Isometric Weight Loss exercises such as the ab contraction exercise explained earlier and follow a sensible diet you will have no problem getting rid of that extra fat and inches in no time at all.

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http://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/behind-2018-nfl-free-agency-contract-numbers/#respondMon, 19 Mar 2018 13:06:46 +0000http://informationspot.info/2018/03/19/behind-2018-nfl-free-agency-contract-numbers/The first week of NFL free agency brings a flood of news and numbers. Gotta be careful with those numbers, though. NFL contract figures aren’t always what they’re initially cracked up to be. A dive into some of the hard numbers of this year’s deals shows a willingness by some teams (for some players) to …

The first week of NFL free agency brings a flood of news and numbers. Gotta be careful with those numbers, though. NFL contract figures aren’t always what they’re initially cracked up to be.

A dive into some of the hard numbers of this year’s deals shows a willingness by some teams (for some players) to shell out big cash in the first year. But a lot of these deals are still structured in a way that allows teams relatively easy ways to escape after only a year or two. So when you hear the initial numbers, be careful not to get too excited. As always, the truth lies in the details.

For example, look at two of the big offensive lineman deals of the first wave:

Even accounting for the difference in value between tackles and centers, Solder’s deal has several elements that make it a more desirable deal than Richburg’s. Solder gets a $15.5 million signing bonus and fully guaranteed salaries of $5.9 million in 2018 and $12.9 million in 2019. He’s absolutely guaranteed to see every penny of the $34.8 million the Giants owe him over the next two years. And while nothing is guaranteed beyond 2019, the Giants have to decide on a $3 million roster bonus by the first day of the 2020 league year and a $4 million roster bonus by the first day of the 2021 league year. So if they want to move on, Solder will know in time to hit free agency when it opens each of those two years.

By contrast, the 49ers are really not tied to Richburg beyond 2018. He gets a $9.3 million signing bonus, a $3 million fully guaranteed 2018 salary and a $4.2 million 2018 roster bonus that paid out Sunday. That’s $16.5 million just this year, which is excellent. But while his $5.5 million 2019 salary and his $6.5 million 2020 salary are injury-guaranteed, the Niners can still cut Richburg healthy as late as March 31 each of those two seasons. Those salaries don’t fully guarantee until April 1 of their respective years. If the Niners want to find a better solution at center — as they apparently did this year, signing Richburg and trading away recently signed Daniel Kilgore — they can wait two or three weeks into free agency before setting Richburg free, which could theoretically cost him dearly.

These are the kinds of details that really separate the good NFL deals from the not-so-good ones, and that’s why we like to do this annual look at free agency to see whether we can figure out who really did well and what kinds of trends are emerging.

So please enjoy a few hopefully enlightening observations from the first week of 2018 NFL free agency:

Quarterbacks get the headlines, so everybody knew that Cousins played his way through two straight franchise-tag seasons in Washington before hitting free agency this offseason and collecting his three-year, fully guaranteed $84 million deal from Minnesota. But Johnson was doing the same thing with the Rams at the less-heralded position of cornerback.

Johnson played on a $13.925 million franchise tag with the Rams in 2016 and a $16.742 million franchise tag in 2017. Franchising him for a third straight year would have cost the Rams $24.108 million, so they didn’t do that, and he signed with the Jets for a deal with a top-line value that comes in at five years, $72.5 million. But the best part of Johnson’s deal is the structure. He is absolutely guaranteed to make $34 million of that $72.5 million.

Based on full guarantees, Trumaine Johnson’s deal is the third-largest in Jets history. Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports

Johnson’s $20 million signing bonus is the highest ever for a cornerback and the eighth-highest ever for a non-quarterback. He’ll make that, plus a fully guaranteed $6 million salary this year and a fully guaranteed $8 million salary in 2019. His $11 million salary in 2020 is guaranteed against injury, and it guarantees fully if he’s still on the roster on the third day of the 2020 league year. Which means, if he’s healthy, the Jets will have to decide pretty early whether to pay him $11 million in 2020 or send him back out onto the market at age 30.

You need to have a fair bit of patience and self-belief if you’re going to play the franchise-tag game the way Johnson and Cousins did. But if you do, it can pay off. From 2016-19, Johnson will end up having made $64.7 million in fully guaranteed money over four years — an average of $16.175 million a year, for a cornerback.

Watkins’ $21 million signing bonus from the Chiefs is the 16th-highest ever, the fourth-highest ever for a non-quarterback and the highest ever for a wide receiver. Obviously, that’s guaranteed, as is his $790,000 2018 salary and $8.21 million of his $11.95 million 2019 salary. Which means $30 million in real guarantees at signing and a contract structure that would make it tough for the Chiefs to cut Watkins after only one season. His top-line numbers are $48 million for three years, but he’s guaranteed to make at least 62.5 percent of that, and the chances of him earning his full 2019 salary are high.

Sammy Watkins is set to pocket a significant portion of his new deal. Getty Images

Of the 54 multiyear deals I’ve reviewed so far, 23 have at least some fully guaranteed money in 2019, and 11 have full guarantees for 2019. The list of players (in addition to Solder and Johnson) whose new deals include full guarantees for 2019 include: Chiefs linebacker Anthony Hitchens, Bears tight end Trey Burton, Texans cornerback Aaron Colvin, Chargers tight end Virgil Green, Jaguars wide receiver Marqise Lee, Titans defensive end DaQuan Jones, Jaguars guard Andrew Norwell and, believe it or not, Bears kicker Cody Parkey. Parkey gets $5.5 million fully guaranteed this year and $3.5 million fully guaranteed in 2019. If you got a deal that doesn’t allow your team an out in March or April of 2019, you got a good deal.

If Cousins got $28 million a year, what could Brees have made on the open market? The answer is that we’ll never know, because Brees made good on his vow not to leave New Orleans. Look, he’s getting $27 million in cash this year, so it’s not as if he’s crying poverty. But the notion that Brees couldn’t have secured a deal worth as much per year as Jimmy Garoppolo‘s or Cousins’ if Brees had taken other teams’ calls is obviously crazy.

With nothing guaranteed in the deal beyond this year, the 39-year-old Brees is clearly willing to go year-to-year and aid the Saints build and maintain a playoff-caliber roster around him. You wonder if anything would have been different if the Saints hadn’t nailed the 2017 draft and opened this new late-career window for Brees, but based on the way he did his last deal in 2016, you have to think it would have been the same. Brees has made his money, and he has built a life and career in New Orleans. His days as a top-of-the-market contract crusader are in the past.

4. Progress on guarantees?

A lot of focus this year is on guaranteed money. NBA free agency annually brings complaints from NFL players and observers about why NFL players can’t get fully guaranteed deals. So Cousins signs with Minnesota for three years fully guaranteed, and now we want to know whether that’s a sign of things to come.

With the major 2018 NFL offseason QB movement having run its course even before free agency officially began Wednesday, we consider which passers around the league stand to benefit from the initial wave of roster activity. Three stand out in particular.

Jimmy Graham can be a red zone monster for Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. Here’s who else signed with an ideal team this offseason.

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Answer: Maybe, but it’s going to take a while.

Unless you’re a healthy starting quarterback in the prime of your career who can wait out the franchise-tag process the way Cousins did, you’re not about to strut into some team’s facility and effectively demand a fully guaranteed deal. It matters that Cousins did what he did, and it could enable stars like Aaron Rodgers and Matt Ryan to get fully guaranteed extensions this summer if they decide to dig in on that point. But the rank and file is still moving somewhat glacially toward guaranteed deals.

The NFL Players Association says that the first 54 deals it processed during this free-agent cycle (Cousins wasn’t one of them) had a combined total value of $1.00247 billion, and that $487.88 million of that was guaranteed. That’s about 49 percent, which the union says is a figure that shows improvement over this same stage of previous seasons. It’s progress, even if it’s slow and will remain slow.

Kirk Cousins’ deal set a new benchmark for NFL contracts. Patrick McDermott/Getty Images

5. The significance of 2020

The three-year deals aren’t a coincidence, because that’s how many years are left on the current collective bargaining agreement. Nobody knows what the rules will be for contracts and the salary cap in 2021 and beyond, or whether another lockout looms in 2021. TV deals expire around that time too, so projecting league revenue much further into the future is also risky.

But 2020 is a weird year, per the collective bargaining agreement, and its weirdness is likely to continue to affect contract structures this year and over the next two. The CBA, for example, establishes a “30 percent rule.” Any player under contract in 2020 and beyond is prohibited from earning a salary more than 30 percent higher than his 2020 salary in any subsequent season. So, for example, the Hitchens deal runs through 2022, but his salary actually goes down from $7.8 million in 2020 to $5.8 million in 2021 before rising again to $7.8 million in 2022.

Another 2020-specific rule to watch is one that allows teams to designate one franchise player and one transition player that year, as opposed to one or the other. And it’s also worth noting that there are no post-June 1 release designations allowed in 2020, which could affect the way teams make decisions on roster cuts as early as next year. As the end of the current CBA draws closer, teams and agents are going to have to work even harder to structure deals in ways that dance around that ominous “final league year.”

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Another weekend is set to pass with Ryan Coogler‘s dazzling Black Panther in the number one spot, if estimates hold. Despite Tomb Raider winning out on Friday with some $1.5 million more than Marvel’s latest, the video game adaptation is now set to come in second with $23.5 million against Black Panther‘s $27 million take, which just pushed it passed the $600 million mark domestically. It now falls to Pacific Rim: Uprising, a film no one asked for and that is a tremendous fiscal gamble, to knock the Marvel juggernaut from its well-deserved throne and it’s still not clear that the sequel has an easy path to victory, despite Black Panther coming up on its sixth frame.

Image via Warner Bros.

Things changed from Friday below the top two as well. While I Can Only Imagine, a remarkably ignorant film made for no one but Christians, held steady in third with an estimated total of $17 million, A Wrinkle in Timewas able to pull ahead of Love, Simonto bring in $16.5 million to land in fourth against Love, Simon‘s meager $11.5 million. The two movies are a surprisingly apt pairing, seeing as both films are greater than the sum of their parts in the realm of representation. Ava DuVernay‘s virtuosity as a filmmaker and devotion to female empowerment makes it slightly easier to forgive the fact that the story is less coherent than Lady in the Water, while Love, Simon is unimaginative in its imagery and structure but revitalizing in its thoughtful and empathetic perspective on young homosexual desire and the importance of support systems.

Black Panther, for all its nods to the Marvel canon, doesn’t require such balances. One cannot discount the factor of representation and the Marvel brand in Black Panther‘s success but it’s similarly important to state that the reason that the movie works so well is that it is similarly assured, confident, and unmistakably distinct as Coogler’s other films. It’s his voice that rings out most clearly throughout Black Panther, rather than the studio’s needlessly intricate narrative design for the MCU. I doubt that this will be the message that Marvel, Disney, or most of its fans will take away from Black Panther but it’s irrefutably the reason that Pacific Rim: Uprising has good reason to worry about securing the number-one spot next weekend.